The town of Ellijay, Georgia (zip code 30540) is located in Gilmer County and is a beautiful, rural area surrounded by the Blue Ridge Mountains. Politically, it is part of the Ninth Congressional District and is represented in the House of Representatives by Congressman Doug Collins. At a local level, Ellijay residents are served by two county commissioners who represent their interests on the Gilmer County Board of Commissioners. The county also has a mayor and city council which handles the day-to-day operations of Ellijay's government. Ellijay also boasts one of the state’s lowest property tax rates and works diligently to keep its taxes low while providing excellent services to its citizens. Residents can get involved in local politics through volunteer efforts or through voting in local and state elections.
The political climate in Zip 30540 (Ellijay, GA) is very conservative.
Gilmer County, GA is very conservative. In Gilmer County, GA 17.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 81.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Gilmer county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 81.3% to 17.7%.
Gilmer county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 30540 (Ellijay, GA) is very conservative.
Ellijay, Georgia is very conservative.
Gilmer County, Georgia is very conservative.
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Georgia is leaning liberal.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index is based on recent voting in national elections, federal campaign contributions by local residents, and consumer personality profiles.
VoteWord™
Displaying 20 years of Presidential voting, visualized in one word.
Ellijay, Georgia: R R R R R R
How It Works:
Here at BestPlaces, we were looking at the voting patterns since the 2000 election and realized that we could express the results of each election as one letter. R if the Republican Party candidate won, D for the Democrat and I for the Independent. The six elections (2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016, 2020) would be expressed as six-letter word (R R D R R).
Then we went a little further and added the dimension of magnitude. If the difference of victory was greater than 10 percent, the letter is upper case, and lower case if the difference was less than 10 percent. This allows us to see interesting voting patterns at just a glance.
Here's the VoteWord for Iowa d r d d r. In the last six elections the state has been closely contested, voting narrowly for the Republican Party candidate in 2016 and 2020 after voting for the Democratic Party in 2008 and 2012. Virginia (r r d d d D) has voted for the Democratic Party in the last three elections.
Individual Campaign Contributions in zip 30540 (Ellijay)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 437 contributions totaling $22,732 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $52 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 152 contributions totaling $23,265 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $153 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)